Hey Steve, would it kill you to shave for your first ever TV interview?And how many shirts do you need to wear?

Hey Charlie, why do you lean in like a creepy uncle, repeat thesubject's answer as a question and then throw in non-sequitors? I meanDavid Duke? Really? (Is Charlie Rose the most annoying interviewer on TVtoday, in a smarmy, creepy, sanctimonious way?)

As for content, there was some interesting stuff. The Republicanestablishment's attempts to de-legitimize Trump's election. That'spretty ridiculous since Trump seems to be handling that aspect of hispresidency quite well on his own. The Christie thing about "Billy Bushweekend" might be true, but even Melania was critical and she's stillaround.

As for "if you're with the guy, you're with the guy" as an under pinningfor support, regardless of what the guy does, it seems a bit of astretch. At some point, one needs to consider preservation of one'scredibility. Tillerson, Mattis et al surely have to wonder what they'redoing here from time to time.

I view Bannon much like Jeff Flake. They are both firmly committed totheir world view, both believe that that view is under assault and bothseem to ignore the reality that governing requires the consent of thegoverned. Neither position (ultra nationalism or ultra conservatism) isa winnable philosophy in a country where the middle, with enough freedomand enough government programs, more or less, seems good enough.

Post by Bill Idgerant...Hey Charlie, why do you lean in like a creepy uncle, repeat thesubject's answer as a question and then throw in non-sequitors? I meanDavid Duke? Really? (Is Charlie Rose the most annoying interviewer on TVtoday, in a smarmy, creepy, sanctimonious way?)...

I'm not sure about the creepy uncle part, but Rose lost a tremendousamount of credibility with me when we bagan watching CBS This Morning.Beginning with the second half hour, all three of the hosts feel thatthey must add their own "insights" to each report. It usually startswith Gayle King saying something totally banal, followed by the others.Rose doesn't have the sense to sit back and say nothing. Instead, heseems to want to out-banal the other two.

Charlie

--Nobody in this country got rich on his own. You built a factory--good.But you moved your goods on roads we all paid for. You hired workers weall paid to educate. So keep a big hunk of the money from your factory.But take a hunk and pay it forward. Elizabeth Warren (paraphrased)

Post by Bill IdgerantHey Steve, would it kill you to shave for your first ever TV interview?And how many shirts do you need to wear?Hey Charlie, why do you lean in like a creepy uncle, repeat thesubject's answer as a question and then throw in non-sequitors? I meanDavid Duke? Really? (Is Charlie Rose the most annoying interviewer on TVtoday, in a smarmy, creepy, sanctimonious way?)As for content, there was some interesting stuff. The Republicanestablishment's attempts to de-legitimize Trump's election. That'spretty ridiculous since Trump seems to be handling that aspect of hispresidency quite well on his own. The Christie thing about "Billy Bushweekend" might be true, but even Melania was critical and she's stillaround.As for "if you're with the guy, you're with the guy" as an under pinningfor support, regardless of what the guy does, it seems a bit of astretch. At some point, one needs to consider preservation of one'scredibility. Tillerson, Mattis et al surely have to wonder what they'redoing here from time to time.I view Bannon much like Jeff Flake. They are both firmly committed totheir world view, both believe that that view is under assault and bothseem to ignore the reality that governing requires the consent of thegoverned. Neither position (ultra nationalism or ultra conservatism) isa winnable philosophy in a country where the middle, with enough freedomand enough government programs, more or less, seems good enough.

This was nicely written. I happen to like Jeff Flake a lot, althoughI largely disagree with him. Bannon was just evil.

Post by Bill IdgerantHey Steve, would it kill you to shave for your first ever TV interview?And how many shirts do you need to wear?Hey Charlie, why do you lean in like a creepy uncle, repeat thesubject's answer as a question and then throw in non-sequitors? I meanDavid Duke? Really? (Is Charlie Rose the most annoying interviewer on TVtoday, in a smarmy, creepy, sanctimonious way?)As for content, there was some interesting stuff. The Republicanestablishment's attempts to de-legitimize Trump's election. That'spretty ridiculous since Trump seems to be handling that aspect of hispresidency quite well on his own. The Christie thing about "Billy Bushweekend" might be true, but even Melania was critical and she's stillaround.As for "if you're with the guy, you're with the guy" as an under pinningfor support, regardless of what the guy does, it seems a bit of astretch. At some point, one needs to consider preservation of one'scredibility. Tillerson, Mattis et al surely have to wonder what they'redoing here from time to time.I view Bannon much like Jeff Flake. They are both firmly committed totheir world view, both believe that that view is under assault and bothseem to ignore the reality that governing requires the consent of thegoverned. Neither position (ultra nationalism or ultra conservatism) isa winnable philosophy in a country where the middle, with enough freedomand enough government programs, more or less, seems good enough.

This was nicely written. I happen to like Jeff Flake a lot, althoughI largely disagree with him. Bannon was just evil.

Thanks for the complement. I appreciate your writings as well, as youseem to be one of the few regular posters on RATV who actually comesfrom planet Earth.

I'm almost done reading Flake's book. I see it more as an indictment ofTrump and the politicians who enable him than a recipe for advancing aworkable, acceptable conservative agenda. We had an entire party of"litmus test" conservatives operating in Canada for a while, but theyhad to morph into general, main stream, middle-of-the-road, practicalconservatives in order to become government (under Stephen Harper) Now,they're out and the Liberals (our version of Democrats) are in, led bythe vacuous, unimpressive, unprincipled Justin Trudeau. I expect thesame swing of the pendulum in the US following the elections of '18 and '20.

Post by Bill IdgerantHey Steve, would it kill you to shave for your first ever TV interview?And how many shirts do you need to wear?Hey Charlie, why do you lean in like a creepy uncle, repeat thesubject's answer as a question and then throw in non-sequitors? I meanDavid Duke? Really? (Is Charlie Rose the most annoying interviewer on TVtoday, in a smarmy, creepy, sanctimonious way?)As for content, there was some interesting stuff. The Republicanestablishment's attempts to de-legitimize Trump's election. That'spretty ridiculous since Trump seems to be handling that aspect of hispresidency quite well on his own. The Christie thing about "Billy Bushweekend" might be true, but even Melania was critical and she's stillaround.As for "if you're with the guy, you're with the guy" as an under pinningfor support, regardless of what the guy does, it seems a bit of astretch. At some point, one needs to consider preservation of one'scredibility. Tillerson, Mattis et al surely have to wonder what they'redoing here from time to time.I view Bannon much like Jeff Flake. They are both firmly committed totheir world view, both believe that that view is under assault and bothseem to ignore the reality that governing requires the consent of thegoverned. Neither position (ultra nationalism or ultra conservatism) isa winnable philosophy in a country where the middle, with enough freedomand enough government programs, more or less, seems good enough.

This was nicely written. I happen to like Jeff Flake a lot, althoughI largely disagree with him. Bannon was just evil.

If you're into collecting dirt on people, Sen. Jeff Flake's son went: 'by the name “n-ggerkiller” in an online game' and Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, a devout Mormon and family man, has apologized for homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic comments posted online by his teenage son"

Post by Bill IdgerantHey Steve, would it kill you to shave for your first ever TV interview?And how many shirts do you need to wear?Hey Charlie, why do you lean in like a creepy uncle, repeat thesubject's answer as a question and then throw in non-sequitors? I meanDavid Duke? Really? (Is Charlie Rose the most annoying interviewer on TVtoday, in a smarmy, creepy, sanctimonious way?)As for content, there was some interesting stuff. The Republicanestablishment's attempts to de-legitimize Trump's election. That'spretty ridiculous since Trump seems to be handling that aspect of hispresidency quite well on his own. The Christie thing about "Billy Bushweekend" might be true, but even Melania was critical and she's stillaround.As for "if you're with the guy, you're with the guy" as an under pinningfor support, regardless of what the guy does, it seems a bit of astretch. At some point, one needs to consider preservation of one'scredibility. Tillerson, Mattis et al surely have to wonder what they'redoing here from time to time.I view Bannon much like Jeff Flake. They are both firmly committed totheir world view, both believe that that view is under assault and bothseem to ignore the reality that governing requires the consent of thegoverned. Neither position (ultra nationalism or ultra conservatism) isa winnable philosophy in a country where the middle, with enough freedomand enough government programs, more or less, seems good enough.

This was nicely written. I happen to like Jeff Flake a lot, althoughI largely disagree with him. Bannon was just evil.

If you're into collecting dirt on people, Sen. Jeff Flake's son went: 'by the name “n-ggerkiller” in an online game' and Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, a devout Mormon and family man, has apologized for homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic comments posted online by his teenage son"(Source: New York Daily News, June 13, 2013)-- https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/politics/ariz-sen-aplogizes-teen-son-online-slurs-article-1.1371590?espv=1